Symphony performs at county college

Music full of myth and fable by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Igor Stravinsky and American composer Charles DeLancey will make up the program for the Bay-Atlantic Symphony’s next concert series.

The concerts, continuing the orchestra’s midwinter chamber format, will take place at:

• 8 p.m. Saturday in the Frank Guaracini Jr. Fine and Performing Arts Center on the Cumberland County College campus, Sherman Avenue and College Drive, Vineland

• 2 p.m. Sunday at Stockton Performing Arts Center on the campus of Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Jimmie Leeds Road, Galloway.

The concerts, conducted by Music Director Jed Gaylin, will include selections from Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” performed by the Bay-Atlantic Symphony Wind quintet; Stravinsky’s “L’Histoire du Soldat” (“A Soldier’s Tale”), narrated by mezzo-soprano and choral director Beverly Vaughan; and DeLancey’s homage to “A Soldier’s Tale” entitled “Love of L’Histoire,” based on the percussion part of the Stravinsky work and featuring the symphony’s principal percussionist, Ralph Sorrentino.

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A Conversation with the Maestro event will precede each concert.

Tickets are $5 to $25 for the Vineland performance; and $25 for adults and seniors and $15 for children with a paying adult for the Galloway performance.

Multicultural music act for kids at Levoy

Hot Peas ‘N Butter is a children’s musical group that incorporates elements of traditional Latin music, Afro-Caribbean rhythms, jazz, folk and rock. By combining an interactive approach to performance with multicultural music, it aims to inspire care and creativity in kids and adults.

Tickets are $12. For tickets or information, call (856) 327-6400 or visit www.levoy.net.

Library to host bullying discussion

BRIDGETON – Cumberland County Library, 800 E. Commerce St., will welcome Mark Anderson, community justice coordinator with the Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office, for the children’s reading program at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 29. Anderson will discuss bullying with the children and their parents.

The library’s programming has focused on bullying this month. Participants learned what a bully is and the different roles a bystander could play. Children participated in skits that gave them practice in the different ways they could respond to a bully. Other discussions included feelings and friendship.

Snacks will be provided for the Jan. 29 event. For information, call (856) 453-2210, ext. 101.

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